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roofing

[roo-fing, roof-ing] / ˈru fɪŋ, ˈrʊf ɪŋ /


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Terry Heller, the owner of Southern California roofing company Preferred Roofing, recommends scheduling an inspection if your home has had previous issues with leaks or if the roof is more than 12 years old.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

On Saturday, firefighters were still clearing debris and removing collapsed corrugated metal roofing.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

I then obtained estimates from three roofing companies.

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

Its construction-materials segment makes supplies for roofing and insulation, among other things.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

I was standing in my room after a day of roofing.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

The Germans had repaired bomb damage with their usual nimbleness, had covered vital pipelines and machinery with massive roofings of concrete.

From Time Magazine Archive

Up 15% were sales of big makers of asphalt roofing, asbestos roofings and sidings, cement, gypsum products, insulating lines, other building materials.

From Time Magazine Archive

The emphasis in U. S. industry has shifted from production to distribution, and a distribution expert should be able to function with equal facility whether he is distributing Montgomery Ward merchandise or Johns-Manville roofings.

From Time Magazine Archive

Everything useful or portable, everything that spoke of man's occupation, everything that suggested life and comfort—the porcelain tiles, woodwork, window-panes, roofings, mosaic or marble floors, leaden pipes—all this had been carried away long ago.

From South Wind by Norman Douglas

Shelters were built, with panellings and roofings of corrugated iron.

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 by Louis Creswicke




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